"Visual Languages" explores the pivotal shift in the global art market from "Black Portraiture" to abstract art. The article argues that contemporary...

South African fashion icon David Tlale made history by staging his immersive Autumn/Winter 2026/27 collection, “I Am Africa, Not African,” inside Johannesburg's...

"The Textile Is the Text" explores traditional African textiles—including Kente, Bogolanfini, Kanga, and Ndebele beadwork—not as mere decorative crafts, but as highly...

This article explores how the Western art canon historically marginalized African contributions and uses the legendary Ibrahim El-Salahi as a prime example...

Sherin ElBaroudi just made her debut at the 2025 Beijing Biennale with a large-scale painting that resonates with the exhibition’s theme of...

Cape Verdean artist Amadeo Carvalho has been invited to lead a painting workshop at King’s College London, highlighting the global resonance of...

Across Africa and the diaspora, women artists are redefining contemporary art with purpose and power. Using muralism, performance, digital media, and sculpture,...

The Getty Foundation has awarded $2.6 million to expand its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative, empowering 12 U.S. institutions—libraries, museums, and universities—to catalogue, digitise, and...

Now open at ZuCot Gallery, Dear Black People… A Love Letter is a bold and poetic journey through the Black American experience....